|Poll|November 3, 2014

68-Year-Old Woman With a History of Aggressive NHL Presents With Tongue Hyperpigmentation

Author(s)Shivani Tripathi, MD, Milan Anadkat, MD

A 68-year-old woman with a history of aggressive NHL developed hyperpigmented patches on her tongue two months after starting her R-CHOP chemotherapy regimen. Which medication was likely the cause, and which other location would you expect hyperpigmentation on this patient?

A 68-year-old woman with a history of aggressive stage III non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) developed hyperpigmented patches on her tongue two months after starting her R-CHOP chemotherapy regimen. Which medication was likely the cause, and which other location would you expect hyperpigmentation on this patient?

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